William Ewart Gladstone, four times Prime Minister of the United Kingdom under Queen Victoria, was not only the most celebrated British statesman of his day but also a respected theologian and a dedicated scholar of the ancient Greek poet Homer. By examining the development of his ideas, this book reveals that his political thought as leader of the Liberal party intertwined with his religion and classical scholarship.

The Mind of Gladstone: Religion, Homer, and Politics

Biographies & Memoirs

Bebbington, David W.

Historical

Oxford University Press

Historians have sometimes argued, and popular discourse certainly assumes, that evangelicalism and fundamentalism are identical. In the twenty-first century, when Islamic fundamentalism is at the center of the world's attention, whether or not evangelicalism should be seen as the Christian version of fundamentalism is an important matter for public understanding. The essays that make up this book analyze this central question. Drawing on empirical evidence from many parts of the United Kingdom and from across the course of the twentieth century, the essays show that fundamentalism certainly existed in Britain, that evangelicals did sometimes show tendencies in a fundamentalist direction, but that evangelicalism in Britain cannot simply be equated with fundamentalism.The evangelical movement within Protestantism that arose in the wake of the eighteenth-century revival exerted an immense influence on British society over the two subsequent centuries. Christian fundamentalism, by contrast, had its origins in the United States following the publication of The Fundamentals, a series of pamphlets issued to ministers between 1910 and 1915 that was funded by California oilmen. While there was considerable British participation in writing the series, the term "fundamentalist" was invented in an exclusively American context when, in 1920, it was coined to describe the conservative critics of theological liberalism. The fundamentalists in Britain formed only a small section of evangelical opinion that declined over time.

Evangelicalism and Fundamentalism in the United Kingdom during the Twentieth Century

Jones, David Ceri

Religion & Spirituality

Victorian Nonconformity

The Nonconformists of England and Wales, the Protestants outside the Church of England, were particularly numerous in the Victorian years. These Methodists, Congregationalists, Baptists, Quakers, Unitarians, and others helped shape society and made their mark in politics. This book explains the main characteristics of each denomination and examines the circumstances that enabled them to grow. It evaluates the main academic hypothesis about their role and points to signs of their subsequent decline in the twentieth century. Here is a succinct account of an important dimension of the Christian past in Britain.

History

Europe

Lutterworth Press

Patterns in History: A Christian Perspective on Historical Thought : With a New Preface and Afterword

Historical Study & Educational Resources

Baker Pub Group

This is an historical study of the evangelical religion in its British cultural setting between the 18th century and the present day. It aims to provide an overall survey of the movement but in particular, it considers the influence of evangelicals on society and the ways in which the evangelical religion has been moulded by its environment. Although concentrating on developments in Britain, it does consider influences from overseas, especially America. Much of the material for the book was drawn from biographies and other monographs and the large number of periodicals generated by evangelicalism, as well as participant observation.

Evangelicalism in Modern Britain: A History from the 1730s to the 1980s

Perhaps the most eminent of eminent Victorians, a master alike of parliamentary debate and public oratory and regarded as the greatest Christian statesman of his day, William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898) governed Britain at a time when the country stood at the apex of world affairs. In this book historian David Bebbington presents a superb, balanced portrait of Gladstone-his character, his convictions, his actions, and his legacy.

William Ewart Gladstone: Faith and Politics in Victorian Britain (Library of Religious Biography (LRB))

Wm. B. Eerdmans-Lightning Source

The past, present, and future of a movement in crisis
What exactly do we mean when we say “evangelical”? How should we understand this many-sided world religious phenomenon? How do recent American politics change that understanding?
Three scholars have been vital to our understanding of evangelicalism for the last forty years: Mark Noll, whose Scandal of the Evangelical Mind identified an earlier crisis point for American evangelicals; David Bebbington, whose “Bebbington Quadrilateral” remains the standard characterization of evangelicals used worldwide; and George Marsden, author of the groundbreaking Fundamentalism and American Culture: The Shaping of Twentieth-Century Evangelicalism. Now, in Evangelicals, they combine key earlier material concerning the history of evangelicalism with their own new contributions about present controversies and also with fresh insights from other scholars. The result begins as a survey of how evangelicalism has been evaluated, but then leads into a discussion of the movement’s perils and promise today. 
Evangelicals provides an illuminating look at who evangelicals are, how evangelicalism has changed over time, and how evangelicalism continues to develop in sometimes surprising ways.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: One Word but Three Crises Mark A. Noll
Part I: The History of “Evangelical History”
1. The Evangelical Denomination George Marsden
2. The Nature of Evangelical Religion David Bebbington
3. The Essential Evangelicalism Dialectic: The Historiography of the Early Neo-Evangelical Movement and the Observer-ParticipantDilemma Douglas A. Sweeney
4. Evangelical Constituencies in North America and the World Mark Noll
5. The Evangelical Discovery of History David W. Bebbington
6. Roundtable: Re-examining David Bebbington’s “Quadrilateral Thesis” Charlie Phillips, Kelly Cross Elliott, Thomas S. Kidd, AmandaPorterfield, Darren Dochuk, Mark A. Noll, Molly Worthen, and David W. Bebbington
7. Evangelicals and Unevangelicals: The Contested History of a Word Linford D. Fisher
Part II: The Current Crisis: Looking Back
8. A Strange Love? Or: How White Evangelicals Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Donald Michael S. Hamilton
9. Live by the Polls, Die by the Polls D. G. Hart
10. Donald Trump and Militant Evangelical Masculinity Kristin Kobes Du Mez
11. The “Weird” Fringe Is the Biggest Part of White Evangelicalism Fred Clark
Part III: The Current Crisis: Assessment
12. Is the Term “Evangelical” Redeemable? Thomas S. Kidd
13. Can Evangelicalism Survive Donald Trump? Timothy Keller
14. How to Escape from Roy Moore’s Evangelicalism Molly Worthen
15. Are Black Christians Evangelicals? Jemar Tisby
16. To Be or Not to Be an Evangelical Brian C. Stiller
Part IV: Historians Seeking Perspective
17. On Not Mistaking One Part for the Whole: The Future of American Evangelicalism in a Global PerspectiveGeorge Marsden
18. Evangelicals and Recent Politics in Britain David Bebbington
19. World Cup or World Series? Mark Noll

Evangelicals: Who They Have Been, Are Now, And Could Be

Marsden, George M.

Noll, Mark A.

Americas

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.

<ul><li>Honored in 2006 as a "Year's Best Book for Preachers" by Preaching magazine.</li></ul> The word evangelical is widely used and widely misunderstood. Where did evangelicals come from? How did their influence become so widespread throughout the world? This book continues a compelling series of books charting the course of English-speaking evangelicalism over the last three hundred years. Evangelical culture at the end of the nineteenth century is set against the backdrop of imperial maneuverings in Great Britain and populist uprisings in the United States. Meanwhile, the industrialized West begins to enjoy the fruits of the Industrial Revolution, as British and American commerce become unstoppable forces on economies worldwide. The rising tide of respectability that accompanied the affluence of the late nineteenth century West exercised great influence over religion. The plight of those who shared little in the abundance of the period likewise stirred the Christian conscience of some, turning them ultimately toward a social gospel. Better communication, together with widespread education, meant that the latest news and novel ideas spread rapidly. Evangelicals knew what was happening among their fellow believers on the other side of the globe and were often swayed by their opinions or inspired by their schemes. Already during the later nineteenth century, evangelicalism was contributing in a major way to globalization. Theology, hymnody, gender, warfare, politics and science are all taken into consideration in this sweeping discussion of a critical period in religious history, but the focus of The Dominance of Evangelicalism is on the landmark individuals, events and organizations that shaped the story of a high-water mark of this vibrant Christian movement.

The Dominance of Evangelicalism: The Age of Spurgeon and Moody (Volume 3) (History of Evangelicalism Series)

World

IVP Academic

This major textbook is a newly researched historical study of Evangelical religion in its British cultural setting from its inception in the time of John Wesley to charismatic renewal today. The Church of England, the Church of Scotland and the variety of Nonconformist denominations and sects in England, Scotland and Wales are discussed, but the book concentrates on the broad patterns of change affecting all the churches. It shows the great impact of the Evangelical movement on nineteenth-century Britain, accounts for its resurgence since the Second World War and argues that developments in the ideas and attitudes of the movement were shaped most by changes in British culture. The contemporary interest in the phenomenon of Fundamentalism, especially in the United States, makes the book especially timely.

Routledge

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The Mind of Gladstone: Religion, Homer, and Politics

Evangelicalism and Fundamentalism in the United Kingdom during the Twentieth Century

Victorian Nonconformity

Patterns in History: A Christian Perspective on Historical Thought : With a New Preface and Afterword

Evangelicalism in Modern Britain: A History from the 1730s to the 1980s

William Ewart Gladstone: Faith and Politics in Victorian Britain (Library of Religious Biography (LRB))

Evangelicals: Who They Have Been, Are Now, And Could Be

The Dominance of Evangelicalism: The Age of Spurgeon and Moody (Volume 3) (History of Evangelicalism Series)

Evangelicalism in Modern Britain: A History from the 1730s to the 1980s

Evangelicalism in Modern Britain: A History from the 1730s to the 1980s